Looks like another year has gone by... I was hoping this project would be more dynamic, but it ended up just becoming another one of my art projects. This time, with some references here and there. Considering I might not have much else to fill in here, I'll consider answering @Burgnew_On_A_Laptop's end-of-2025 questions as I did 2 years ago... QA: "How do you personally view the current status of the AY-minigame community, of which I was a de-facto founding member?" AA: I haven't really seen much from the AY-minigame community throughout 2025, though from what I did, things have slowed down in terms of quality. --- QB: "How did your 2025 go? Did it stack up to 2024?" AB: 2025 Scratch-wise had been the slowest year as of yet, sharing a total of only 6 projects. Setting Scratch aside though, 2025 had also been one of the more "fun" yet "busy" years: Getting closer with friends, discovering different communities, expanding on previous ideas, etc. Unfortunately, this year once more happened to be the year I hit burnout, putting a pretty big toll in my performance. --- QC: "What do you hope to do with your 2026?" AC: This might not be very ideal, but (because of what happened in the previous answer) I'm willing to "go with the flow"... or, well... almost. As you may have seen me explain in one of my previous projects (Burnout), personal material and ideas have become more difficult to manage, and trying to take on projects as big as the previous ones made would likely result in them being left unfinished. (I suppose one goal for this year could be recovering from said burnout, but it isn't promised.) --- QD: "All those promises I've made on here but never fulfilled, all the projects announced but left perpetually undone, you have forgiven me for those, right?" AD: Counting in (again) the previous explanations, something like this is very understandable. It can be satisfying to fulfill your community, but you also need to know that you need to take care of yourself in the process of doing so. Working continuously without any sort of break can wear yourself down. I would recommend spreading out your ideas further and avoiding setting deadlines as a practice for recovering from burnout. It's okay to take your time as long as you're comfortable. I can only hope for things to get better... Shoutouts: and more for supporting me throughout the years. I appreciate it all. (I might as well ramble about the art, since I have nothing better to do:) (You may have noticed this art has a resemblance to past iterations of the "Codiverse". Well, consider this as a more "ancient" part of it, in reference to a community I "rediscovered" a few months ago. Another part of that is right next to EM if you know "who" that is.) Credit to Tui T. Sutherland for one the characters shown here.
